Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Souvenir de Hapsal Op.2 for piano
III. Chant sans paroles. Allegretto grazioso e cantabile
Arrangement for string quartet, not credited on disc label

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)

6 Songs without Words Op.62 for piano
VI. Allegretto grazioso (aka ‘Frühlingslied’ or ‘Spring Song’)
Arrangement for string quartet, not credited on disc label

Brosa String Quartet
Members, not named on disc labels:
Antonio Brosa (violin I)
Hyam Greenbaum (violin II)
Leonard Rubens (viola)
Anthony Pini (’cello)

Recorded: 1927(?), Edison Bell studio, Peckham, London
Format: coarse-groove, 78 rpm, 10” / 25 cm, electrical
Matrices: 10940-3 / 10941-2
Issued: November 1927
Catalogue number: 0172


Transfer and restoration: Robert Cowlin for DogintheManger
Additional restoration and photographs: DogintheManger

Contemporary sources
Review by Peter Latham, The Gramophone, Vol.V No.6, November 1927, p.230
Unsigned review, Middlesex Advertiser and County Gazette, Friday 4 November 1927, p.15
Possible mention, Western Daily Press [Bristol], Saturday 5 November 1927, p.11
Unsigned review, The Clifton and Redland Free Press, Thursday 10 November 1927, p.4, and South Bristol Free Press and Bedminster, Knowle & Brislington Record, Saturday 12 November 1927, p.4
Review by ‘Euphonius’, The Leeds Mercury, Tuesday 22 November 1927, p.7
Unsigned review, The Derbyshire Advertiser and North Staffs. Journal, Friday 25 November 1927, p.10
Unsigned review, The Courier and Advertiser [Dundee], Wednesday 30 November 1927, p.10

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